Firm Profile

Skilled Advocacy. Technological insight. Strategic advantage.

At Sunstein, an Intellectual Property firm with deep expertise in all areas of IP law, we are passionately focused on our clients.

Our firm’s distinct ability to excel in each area of specialization - litigation, patent and trademark prosecution, intellectual property portfolio development and business transactions - sets us apart.

Using innovative approaches to solving problems and delivering outstanding results, we focus on providing clients significant value by helping them win immediate objectives and achieve long-term business goals.

Intellectual Property is a rapidly evolving area of law, and we are not afraid to break new ground on behalf of our clients.

We love what we do, our client relationships, and the impact we make on our clients’ businesses and the law.

Our Professionals

Our professionals combine their intellectual property expertise and technical knowledge with strong business acumen and well-honed litigation skills to drive success in complex and demanding legal situations. Our attorneys have unmatched experience in IP and always put their client relationships and client goals first.

Whether the project is challenging litigation, sophisticated patent prosecution, or a complex business transaction, our lawyers draw upon multi-disciplinary experience to achieve our clients’ objectives. Our attorneys are comfortable working in the most sophisticated and advanced areas of science and technology.

Our patent and trademark lawyers have experience in both business matters and scientific and technical research, in addition to patent and trademark prosecution. To serve our client's litigation needs, our litigators provide skilled courtroom advocacy combined with their intellectual property law expertise and knowledge about a wide spectrum of technologies.

This breadth of experience enhances our ability to assist clients in developing strategies to protect their technology and all of their intellectual property.

Our Practice

Our practitioners integrate expertise in science, engineering and business with their deep experience as trial lawyers, patent prosecutors and transactional lawyers. Our collective knowledge ensures that our clients have access to the latest thinking about all aspects of intellectual property.

IP Litigation

Aggressive representation in high-stakes intellectual property litigation is a hallmark of our firm’s trial practice. Our litigators have handled significant cases in courts throughout the United States and have achieved superior results by carefully tailoring litigation strategy to our clients’ business objectives and to the requirements of the case.

Patent and Trademark Prosecution

Our attorneys work strategically in building intellectual property portfolios for a wide range of clients. We prosecute patent and trademark applications in the United States and, working with our network of foreign associates, throughout the world. Our attorneys are regularly involved in the licensing of patents, trademarks, and copyrights and trade secrets.

Business

We represent businesses in the full range of legal matters companies may encounter as they grow, including protection and licensing of the company's technology under patent, trade secret, and copyright laws; selection, licensing, and protection of trademarks; contracts with employees, customers and others; public and private offerings; securities law compliance; business acquisitions; and antitrust compliance.

Our Clients

We represent clients located throughout the United States and abroad, including public and private companies, major academic and research institutions, government agencies, and individuals.

We serve emerging and established companies in a wide range of technology-based enterprises, including computer hardware and software, pharmaceuticals, medical instruments, media, finance, health care, education, insurance, advertising, and entertainment. Individual clients include inventors, artists, and authors who have an interest in protecting and commercializing their creative efforts.

Regardless of a client’s size, business, or location, the services we provide are individually fashioned to meet each client’s specific needs and wishes.

Our Latest Insights

Sunstein’s professionals are very active outside the office, publishing their work in prestigious legal and business journals, presenting to professional organizations, and providing insightful commentary on current IP issues. Explore our thinking and commentary on a range of business, technology, and legal issues.